Pronouns: Rules & Usage

What are pronouns?

Pronouns are words that substitute a noun or another pronoun. Examples of pronouns are he, she, who, themselves...

In the example:

• Mike likes his daughter.
• Mike and his daughter can be replaced by he and her
• He likes her

Types of pronouns

• Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
• Object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)
• Reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves)
• Possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)
• Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, those, these)
• Relative pronouns (who, which, that, whose)